κρᾶτα τέμνειν
From LSJ
δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
Greek > English (Woodhouse)
behead, decapitate, ax, bring to the block, chop off one's head, cut off the head, cut the head off, decollate, guillotine
